Stovepipe attachment



(No Model.)

N. PEARSON. STO-VEPI] ?E ATTACHMENT.

Patented May 17,1892.

UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

HARRIET N. PEARSON, OF CORSICANA, TEXAS.

STOVEPIPE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,149, dated May 1'7,1892.

Application filed December 19, 1891. Serial No. 415,578. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIET N. PEARSON, of Corsicana, in the county ofNavarro and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stovepipe Attachments; andI do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in stovepipe attachments; and itconsists of a receptacle formed in two parts, which are secured togetheraround the stovepipe just below the point where the latter enters thechimney immediately above the stove.

The object of my invention is to construct an attachment which may bereadily secured to or detached from the pipe for the purpose of catchingany dirt or soot which may drop from the chimney, thus preventing itfrom reaching the stove.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective Viewshowing my improvement in position on a stovepipe. Fig. 2 is a detachedview of the same.

In constructing my improved device I employ two semicircular bottomportions A, which are provided with upwardly-extending flanges B ontheir concave edges and flanges O on their outer or convex edges. Theadjacent ends of the flanges B C are connected by a short strip D, asshown, so that each section of the receptacle or pan forms a completeinclosure. These members are hinged together at one side, as shown at E,and upon their opposite ends is formed a catch or securing device F. Thecircular opening inclosed by the flanges B is the same size as the pipeto which the device is secured, so that any soot or dirt dropping fromthe chimney will be caught in its descent by the receptacle.

When the device is to be applied to a pipe, the sections are opened, asshown in Fig. 2, so that it may be placed around the pipe and adjustedto the desired position.

In order to hold the device securely on the pipe, I employ two U-shapedclasps G, which engage the flanges B at the points where the saidflanges meet on opposite sides of the pipe, as shownin Fig. 1. By thismeans the said flanges are brought tightly against the pipe and made tobind'it sufficiently to securely hold the device in the desiredadjustment.

The great advantage derived from constructing the sections asindependent pans is that when a quantity of soot has accumulated in themthey can be released and removed from the pipe without spilling thematter contained in them. If the inner flange B were dispensed with, thesoot would drop from the receptacles as soon as they were released fromthe pipe.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a stovepipeattachment, the combination, with the pipe, of a receptacle formed oftwo sections hinged together at one end, their inner edges being formedconcave, flanges extending entirely around the said sections, and ameans for securing them at their free ends, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. In a stovepipe attachment, the combination, with the pipe and thereceptacle-sections having flanges on their meeting edges, of claspsadapted to engage the said flanges, for the purpose substantially asshown and described.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRIET N. PEARSON.

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